1980
The following 57 records from 1980 are reviewed on this site:
January
Ramones, End Of The Century [12]
February
Elvis Costello, Get Happy!! [13]
Graham Nash, Earth & Sky [10]March
Beach Boys, Keepin' The Summer Alive [6]
April
Black Sabbath, Heaven And Hell [8]
Cure, Seventeen Seconds [9] Genesis, Duke [9] Grateful Dead, Go To Heaven [8] Black Sabbath, Heaven And Hell [8] Iron Maiden, Iron Maiden [11] Lou Reed, Growing Up In Public [7] Pete Townshend, Empty Glass [11]May
10CC, Look Here [8]
Alice Cooper, Flush The Fashion [12] Eric Clapton, Just One Night [11] Paul McCartney, McCartney II [10] Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel (III) [13] Roxy Music, Flesh + Blood [9]June
Bob Dylan, Saved [6]
Electric Light Orchestra, Xanadu [8] Gentle Giant, The Last Steps [10] Jeff Beck, There And Back [9] Rolling Stones, Emotional Rescue [9] Steve Hackett, Defector [10]July
AC/DC, Back In Black [13]
Dave Davies, AFLI-3603 [9] Joy Division, Closer [12] Queen, The Game [11]August
Cars, Panorama [11]
Gentle Giant, Civilian [10] Jethro Tull, A [8] Justin Hayward, Night Flight [8] Pink Floyd, [Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live] [9] Yes, Drama [10]September
David Bowie, Scary Monsters [11]
Tom Waits, Heartattack And Vine [12]October
Bruce Springsteen, The River [11]
Dire Straits, Making Movies [11] INXS, INXS [11] Kinks, One For The Road [12] Police, Zenyatta Mondatta [14] Talking Heads, Remain In Light [13] Thin Lizzy, Chinatown [11]November
Blondie, Autoamerican [10]
Jam, Sound Affects [13] John Lennon, Double Fantasy [13] Rod Stewart, Foolish Behaviour [6] U2, Boy [11] Yes, [Yesshows] [11]December
ABBA, Super Trouper [11]
Clash, Sandinista! [13] Deep Purple, In Concert 1970-1972 [13][Month unknown:]
Accept, I'm A Rebel [11]
Brian Eno & Harold Budd, Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror [11] Budgie, Power Supply [8] Fleetwood Mac, Live [11] Gary Moore, G-Force [10] Ian Dury, Laughter [11] Residents, The Commercial Album [10] Robin Trower, Victims Of The Fury [9] Steely Dan, Gaucho [10]
Alan Parsons Project: The Turn Of A Friendly Card
Brand X: Do They Hurt? Clannad: Crann Ull Hawkwind: Levitation Iggy Pop: Soldier Jam: Sound Affects Judas Priest: British Steel Kate Bush: Never For Ever Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Chance Mike Oldfield: Q.E.2 Motorhead: Ace Of Spades Nazareth: Malice In Wonderland Nina Hagen: Unbehagen Ozzy Osbourne: Blizzard Of Ozz Paul Simon: One-Trick Pony Prince: Dirty Mind Ramones: End Of The Century Rush: Permanent Waves Peter Hammill: A Black Box Rory Gallagher: Stage Struck Siouxsie & The Banshees: Kaleidoscope Van Halen: Women And Children First XTC: Black Sea